
“They held back the Russian Juggernaut in a frozen Hell!”
After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.
Release Date: 11/30/1989
Runtime: 189 minutes
Languages: Finnish
Director: Pekka Parikka
Budget: $4.4M
0Companies: National-Filmi
Countries: Finland

Taneli Mäkelä
Martti Hakala

Vesa Vierikko
Jussi Kantola

Timo Torikka
Pentti Saari

Heikki Paavilainen
Vilho Erkkilä

Antti Raivio
Erkki Somppi

Esko Kovero
Juho Pernaa

Martti Suosalo
Arvi Huhtala

Markku Huhtamo
Aatos Laitila

Matti Onnismaa
Veikko Korpela

Konsta Mäkelä
Paavo Hakala

Tomi Salmela
Matti Ylinen

Samuli Edelmann
Mauri Haapasalo

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